[postgis-users] Geometry column

[Lee Wai See]

Hi,

Thanks for replying. I was actually referring to something like this
"010100000011349CEE50F4594066B6381EC462F53F".

Regards, 
Wai See

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Subject: Re: [postgis-users] Geometry column

On Thu, Sep 21, 2006 at 02:34:55PM +0800, Lee Wai See wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>  
> 
> Can someone please enlighten the reason for the format for storing
> geometries? In other words, why is it necessary to store a geometry in
such
> a format instead of simply just its coordinates? Thanks in advance.

Do you mean "POINT(0 45)" ?
That's now what is stored inside the database, just it's external
representation ("canonical text form", is called)

--strk;
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